Panamapatrick,

"Anyone know any burners that can burn home movies to usb flash drives?"

Don't need anything -- just copy them to the USB drive. If you want DVD menus, you'd have to copy the files in a DVD layout that looks the same as what you'd burn to a DVD or Blu-ray disc, but you'd have to research &/or try different players to find one that works for you -- some Blu-ray players & HDTVs might work, or you might need a separate Android device, whether that would be a separate box or stick or your tablet or cell.

mike, Thank you, don't need menus, they are very old home movies.

P.R., you know, DVD is also an external as well. js

Michael Malone,
Thank you for clarifying that, but I'm sure you knew that I was referring to an external HD :-)

P.R.,
Okay, so how would you give a copy of YOUR [remember - are not trying to violate copyright here by passing some one else's creation]
photos/home movies to friend or family who can't view on your computer.
Seems what this software is quite set up to do rather than long term storage
Service man overseas, enclosed DVD is your nephew in parade and niece playing piano.....

cb,
??? Ummmm, I have no idea what your point is, lol! To send personal pics & movies to others I would of course burn DVD's and mail them. No where did I state that I don't like or use dvd's. I use them and blank blu-ray all the time. The external hd is for back-up because as I wrote, in my opinion nothing is perfect or lasts forever.

Hello Danny,

1) Please click Download Now DVD Creator 7.5.0 at https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/dvd-creator-7-5-0/ before the giveaway activity is over.
2) Follow the instructions, you will get a DVDCreator750-kc5d4i9.zip file.
3) Extract the DVDCreator750-kc5d4i9.zip file.
4) Check Readme.txt file in it.
5) Press "Get it now" button at webpage in Readme.txt file, fill in the form and submit your data. The registration key will appear on the same page and also will be sent to you by email.

Coral
Sincerely,
Leawo Software
http://www.leawo.org/support/

Sigrid.DE, how does the write speed at which a dvd was burned effect it's longevity ??

sj,

"I am currently struggling to convert my tae bo exercise video tapes (not available in digital format) to a digital format so when the tapes break, I don't lose what I've bought. "

IF you can still find & buy one, I'd suggest a DVD recorder -- faster & better quality than you'll get with analog capture using a PC/laptop. That said, because of (C) you *could* be subject to legal prosecution, *Especially* if you put the results in the cloud. Just something to consider.

mike, not looking to post anywhere, just want to be able to continue enjoying the items I purchased some time ago. its kind of like a jury-rigged fix to the lawnmower or washing machine after some stupid little plastic part wears out. After, my fix, the product is no longer the original but, I can get years more use from the product I already paid for to use for personal use. I don't think that either Craftsman or Whirlpool would sue me for finding unauthorized ways of keeping my purchases usable.

thank you for the suggestion, it is exactly what I am looking for as the analog capture device I tried severely degrades the quality. Would love to hear from any others with insight.

Rich, How to activate the software
Extract the files to your desktop and run Setp.exe
When done follow the link in the readme provided
On the page reached click the orange "Get it now" button
Provide first and last name and an email addres
On the next page you will find your key, it will also be send to your email (check spam folder) You are asked to confirm your subscription which is to an email newsletter, it is your choice doing this or leaving it for what it is

Start the program if not already running
click the yellow key
copy/paste your code
the module is now activated

Shaji John,
Video Effects refer to brightness/contrast/zoom/saturation adjustments and adding a watermark for video protection. You can also trim the length of the video by setting the start and end points and can also crop the video to a specific region of the video.

2D to 3D conversion attempts to interpret the video frame-by-frame (the more movement of a piece of pixels in the video, the closer to the camera it often is) and shifts the image pixels to appear closer when viewed with your option of red/cyan, red/blue, red/green, blue/yellow, interleaved, side-by-side or some other type of 3D glasses.

This program can do all it says but be aware that 2D to 3D conversion is no better or worse than any other 2D to 3D video conversion utility. It depends largely on the video clip. shots where the camera isn't moving tend to work best. It works as best as any automatic software interpretation can.

wombat,
I cannot imagine WHY anyone would give your comments a thumbs down because what you stated IS the best way to handle data and backups. Some people have nothing better to do than to be jerks or to just be a negative person, which tells me a LOT about who they really are. YOUR COMMENTS WERE EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING, if their data/files mean a lot to them.

I do exactly what you do, making new copies every several years of the copied data I already have on DVDs and CDs as the degradation process on this type of media is about 3 years or so, depending on the quality of it. I also have an external NAS drive that is archived and I also take backups of this drive every 3 years, replacing it with a new drive and using the old for games and junk.

campinggirl,

You Activate it once you get the serial emailed to you.

Hello campinggirl,

Leawo DVD Creator is provided as a module of Leawo Prof. Media which includes Blu-ray/DVD Creator, Blu-ray/DVD Copy, Blu-ray/DVD Ripper, Video Converter and YouTube Downloader, so the giveaway license only activated DVD Creator module, DVD Creator module burns DVDs from video files, DVD Copy copies DVDs to DVDs/ISO files. You can click Agree to try the product and see if it meets your needs.

Now there is Leawo 10 Years' Anniversary Bundle Sale at http://www.leawo.org/promotion/special-offer/ , or you can contact Leawo support team at email support@leawo.com to order Leawo DVD Copy module with discount.

Coral
All the best,
Leawo Software
http://www.leawo.org/support/

hoghoj1,
I have other Leawo products and THEY ARE CONSISTENT AND GOOD SOFTWARE. I have the Professional Media by Leawo, which does almost everything you want from backups, copies, rippers, and burning of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays along with a converter and a downloader.

Good software!

Software Babe,

I'm going to give this software a try ... cause of you.

Many Thanks ...

ABMM, millions do.

ABMM,

DVD's are cheaper as Bluray discs are still too expensive.
You can store a reasonable quality 2 hour video or a high quality 1 hour video on DVD.

Well, I do not need physical media at all. That save the environment and files are so easy to use, no need to backup every 5-10 years cycle when they are on my Hard drive and my 1 Tera Dropbox. But everyone select what they like to do. I just asked, because to myself physical media have been years completely useless for me.

ABMM, you wont say that if your files become corrupted Something that can't happen on a bit of physical media

Herriot2, serious? I've seen scratched DVDs.

Mememe,

Not if you handle them with care. None of my DVD's are scratched.
Also you can't accidentally delete media on a DVD.

Brian , this may all be true, but streaming services will eventually replace physical media. I also find it easier to play movies from a hard drive than DVD's.

Herriot2,
God bless your innocence.
Never was data loss such a problem as in the days when people used to burn their backups on CDs/DVDs.
Guess why most modern equipment does not even come with a reader/burner?
BTW: everything and regardless where, whether in cloud or home storage is stored on physical media.
Think of your own brainbox...

Larry Carter, well...
I save everything on USB's and in external hard drives. It's been several years, can't recall how many, that I don't burn a CD/DVD, except for creating new rescue media so I can recover my computer when it becomes unbootable. And this only when I upgrade my backup and restore applications!!
PLUS, there are gazillions of free applications that do this. So, a one year license is a no go!!!
Thanks GAOTD and LEAWO but I'll skip this one.
mario

Phillip Lipton, Your right as far as easier to play from hard drive. Several years ago I had hundreds of DVD's and trying to find a movie took quite awhile several minutes if you are lucky. When you have them on a hard drive you can find and play them in seconds. With Netflix and Amazon Prime, Redbox and other media sources its not to expensive to just pay a monthly fee. Of course you have streaming fees that come into play on some of those media sources. How many people actually play the same movie over more than once. There are a few movies that are worth playing more than once in my opinion. Making home movies is an exception. One side note: I felt I wasted alot of time on older technology eventually I trashed most of my dvd's.

Herriot2, Heh heh. Even when you do not do anything, CD/DVD can be a little by little corrupted. And you have to be renew your physical media about after 5-10 years. Self burned physical media is not everlasting...

I use backup software with cloud, that use versioning (SyncBackPRO). If something corrupt, there exists non-corrupted version still :) How do you do this with physical media? :D

ABMM,

"You can store a reasonable quality 2 hour video or a high quality 1 hour video on DVD."

You can double that with a dual layer DVD, though the blanks are getting more rare in stores so rising in price. You can also put Blu-ray on DVD, & if the source is high enough quality, there isn't that much difference vs. a regular Blu-ray.

"Well, I do not need physical media at all."

Depends entirely I think on what you want to store. Most people aren't going to upload GBs of anything, at least at one go, because their upload transfer rates are terrible. There's also the debatable legal status of backup videos -- you probably do not want to back up the DVDs &/or Blu-ray discs you've bought online, & then try to convince the judge you really were not intending to share them.

"streaming services will eventually replace physical media. I also find it easier to play movies from a hard drive than DVD's."

Physical media will never go away because data will always have to be stored somewhere. The cloud will never replace local storage 100% because stuff happens, & while it's more rare, that includes losing data stored in the cloud. It's your stuff -- you're the only one responsible for it.

"Your right as far as easier to play from hard drive. "

Assuming it's the same file(s), where it's stored is often irrelevant to actual playback nowadays, as there are ways to play almost anything from any sort of storage. On a hard drive it means you'll eventually have to transfer it all to a new hard drive, & hope you never get infected with ransomware. On discs it means you have to store them, hopefully alphabetically so finding one is easy. On USB sticks it means you've lost whatever when the stick decides to fail.

"I use backup software with cloud, that use versioning (SyncBackPRO). If something corrupt, there exists non-corrupted version still :) How do you do this with physical media? :D"

For data files you can verify them wherever they're copied or backed up, & have multiple copies for redundancy in case one or more copies are lost for whatever reason -- data gets lost in the cloud too. For larger amounts of data disk/partition images work, can be verified, again can [should really] be stored in multiple places. Older copies of both large & small amounts of data can & should be kept as well --- as you point out corruption [& though it's not mentioned, malware] can happen, and you might not be immediately aware of it.

mike, if you have right set versioning you do not have to immediately aware of it.

Believe or not, dvd/CD/bd is not so secure that most of you seems to think about. You should read a test how ease they are corrupt by them self. You can find test results with googling them.

And imagine that work and hassle when you have to backup multiple terabytes where part of it is constantly changing data. Even with bd work is ridiculous.

ABMM, No prob was just mentioning thanks anyway